Habitable Worlds in the Universe: The Search Begins

Join Geoff Marcy of UC Berkeley as he discusses how in 2009, astronomers will launch the first searches for Earth-like worlds around other stars, using bizarre, extreme telescopes for the task. These telescopes fundamentally supersede Galileo’s historic little scope for the first time. A wild race for signs of inhabited worlds and extraterrestrial life is about to begin. Part of the Benjamin Dean Astronomy Lecture Series.